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<h2>\appendix</h2>


<p>The <tt>\appendix</tt> command changes the way sectional

    units are numbered. The <tt>\appendix</tt> command generates

    no text and does not affect the numbering of parts.</p>


<p>Thus, if you want your appendix to be set off with a section-like

    label you need something like</p>



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    \begin{<a href="ltx-29.html">center</a>}

      {<a href="ltx-204.html">\bf</a> APPENDIX}

    \end{center}

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<p>I have found the <tt>\appendix</tt> command to sometimes

    cause problems since <em>everything</em> which follows it is

    treated as part of the appendix, for example, a list of figures,

    which I generally want to place after an appendix is labeled

    "Appendix: List of Figures".</p>


<p>One can create a section labeled "APPENDIX" with distinctive

    numbering by using the

    <tt><a href="ltx-141.html">\section</a></tt> command with

    suitably redefined commands for the

    <a href="ltx-3.html">Counters</a>. The following example

    generates a single "Appendix" with equations numbered A-1, A-2, ...</p>



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  <a href="ltx-18.html">\renewcommand</a>{\theequation}{A-\arabic{equation}}

  % redefine the command that creates the equation no.

  <a href="ltx-310.html">\setcounter</a>{equation}{0}  % reset counter 

  <a href="ltx-141.html">\section*</a>{APPENDIX}  % use *-form to suppress numbering

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<p>If one had several appendices, appropriate numbering could be

    obtained by redefining the <tt>\thesection</tt> command and

    resetting the section counter in an analogous manner.</p>


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    See also: <a href="ltx-141.html">Sectioning</a>,

    <a href="ltx-3.html">Counters</a><br>

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